“You know what I’m going to miss when we leave Johannesburg?” Avianna asked Max one afternoon when they were relaxing in the living-room. He had gone home for lunch and had a few hours to kill before heading back to the hospital. “What’s that?” “Knitting neighbors and nagging noises.” “I’m not sure I understand what… Read More A Dreaded Meeting
Elspeth examined herself in the mirror. Were the sweater and the long skirt a bit too much? Should she change into a dress or a lighter blouse and a shorter skirt instead? She decided that she would change the sweater. She didn’t want to feel hot in it. She quickly changed into a dark red… Read More Dinner With Marius
The Bible has told us that we are to love our neighbor as we love ourselves. In fact, Jesus said that one day He will say to those who helped those in need, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry… Read More Women Beggars in India
A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, Is God in His holy habitation – Psalm 68:5 It’s heartbreaking to see how widows are treated in South Asia. They don’t receive the care, love or support that widows in North America do. Instead they are blamed for their husbands’ deaths and abandoned by their families. A… Read More Forsaken and Abandoned
“Before I formed you in the womb I knew you; Before you were born I sanctified you – Jeremiah 1:5 Imagine as you hold your baby daughter in your arms for the first time or you remember the first time you looked into those big, innocent eyes, that there is another baby girl… Read More Baby Girls are not Celebrated
Notes to Women 